Before they were stars of the television, film, and music industries, a host of performers got their start on the Main Stem.
Check out these 11 artists and look back at their Broadway debuts.
Nick Jonas
Annie Get Your Gun Playbill - March 1999
Jackée Harry
Melinda Bernard/Smoke and Fire Back Up Singer/Ensemble in A Broadway Musical
Sarah Jessica Parker
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Flora in The Innocents
Ariana Grande
13 Playbill - Opening Night
Viola Davis
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Seven Guitars Playbill - Opening Night
Kristen Bell
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Playbill - Preview, March 2001
Anna Kendrick
High Society Playbill - Opening Night
Morgan Freeman
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Hello, Dolly! Playbill - Nov 1964
Meryl Streep
Miss Imogen Parrott in Trelawny of the "Wells"
Diane Keaton
Member of the Tribe in Hair
John Travolta
Grease Playbill - July 1972
